渙 → 解
Hexagram 59: Dispersion → Hexagram 40: Deliverance
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 3 changing lines (lines 4, 5, 6).
Line 4
六四 渙其羣元吉。渙有丘。匪夷所思。
Six in the fourth place means: He dissolves his bond with his group. Supreme good fortune. Dispersion leads in turn to accumulation. This is something that ordinary men do not think of.
Line 5
九五 渙汗其大號。渙。王居无咎。
Nine in the fifth place means: His loud cries are as dissolving as sweat. Dissolution! A king abides without blame.
Line 6
上九 渙其血。去逖出。无咎。
Nine at the top means: He dissolves his blood. Departing, keeping at a distance, going out, Is without blame.
Trigram Changes
Yilin Verse
坤厚地德，庶物蕃息。平康正直，以綏大福。
Spring floodwaters recede, the rich mud still warm. Seeds sown at the right time; the great earth bears all.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
Commentary
Wind over water — and here the original verse invokes the earth's boundless virtue. 'Kun's thick earth-virtue, the myriad creatures flourish; level, peaceful, upright, and straight — thereby securing great fortune.' This is a direct homage to the Kun hexagram's capacity for nurturing: the ground that accepts everything, judges nothing, and sustains all life. Thunder over water creates the image of Deliverance — the thunderstorm that breaks tension, releasing what was locked. From Dispersion to Deliverance, the verse traces how scattered energy reconstitutes through the earth's patient absorption. The floodwaters recede not by force but because the ground accepts them. Deliverance's thunder arrives after the waiting is done, and fortune follows for those who trusted the ground beneath their feet.
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